Shrinkage

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Shrinkage has multiple meanings, depending on the context.

Shrinkage (accounting)
Shrinkage (accounting)

In financial accounting the term inventory shrinkage is the loss of product between point of manufacturing or purchase from supplier and point of sale....
- the loss of products
Shrinkage (statistics)
Shrinkage (statistics)

In statistics, shrinkage has two meanings:*In relation to the general observation that, in regression analysis, a fitted relationship appears to perform less well on a new data set than on the data set used for fitting....
- a technique to improve an estimator
Shrinkage (casting) - a casting defect brought about by the reduction in volume of the cast material as it cools and solidifies
Shrinkage (slang)
Human penis size

Human penis size refers to the length and width of human male genitalia. Interest in largerpenis sizes has led to an industry devoted to penis enlargement, which has given rise to much e-mail spam....
- slang term referring to penis size, particularly when the penis and scrotum contract in response to chilling